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Table 7. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages by Case Verification Criterion and Site of Disease: United States, 1993–2019
See Surveillance Slides #32, #33 and #34
Table 7. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages by Case Verification Criterion and Site of Disease: United States, 1993–2018
Year
Total Cases
Verification Criterion1
Site of Disease5Positive Culture
Positive NAA2
Positive Smear
Clinical Case Definition
Provider Diagnosis
Pulmonary3
Extrapulmonary4No.
(%)
No.
(%)
No.
(%)
No.
(%)
No.
(%)
No.
(%)
No.
(%)1993
25,103
20,308
(80.9)
—
—
184
(0.7)
3,088
(12.3)
1,523
(6.1)
21,155
(84.3)
3,939
(15.7)1994
24,207
19,508
(80.6)
—
—
189
(0.8)
2,917
(12.1)
1,593
(6.6)
20,319
(83.9)
3,886
(16.1)1995
22,726
18,266
(80.4)
—
—
188
(0.8)
2,749
(12.1)
1,523
(6.7)
18,887
(83.1)
3,834
(16.9)1996
21,209
17,154
(80.9)
—
—
131
(0.6)
2,606
(12.3)
1,318
(6.2)
17,386
(82.0)
3,814
(18.0)1997
19,753
15,981
(80.9)
—
—
155
(0.8)
2,411
(12.2)
1,206
(6.1)
16,241
(82.2)
3,509
(17.8)1998
18,285
14,789
(80.9)
—
—
154
(0.8)
2,253
(12.3)
1,089
(6.0)
14,800
(80.9)
3,483
(19.1)1999
17,498
13,994
(80.0)
—
—
172
(1.0)
2,102
(12.0)
1,230
(7.0)
14,065
(80.4)
3,430
(19.6)2000
16,308
13,013
(79.8)
—
—
148
(0.9)
1,950
(12.0)
1,197
(7.3)
13,085
(80.3)
3,211
(19.7)2001
15,947
12,752
(80.0)
—
—
123
(0.8)
1,886
(11.8)
1,186
(7.4)
12,726
(79.8)
3,217
(20.2)2002
15,059
11,977
(79.5)
—
—
104
(0.7)
1,822
(12.1)
1,156
(7.7)
11,905
(79.1)
3,148
(20.9)2003
14,836
11,684
(78.8)
—
—
116
(0.8)
1,783
(12.0)
1,253
(8.4)
11,806
(79.6)
3,020
(20.4)2004
14,501
11,329
(78.1)
—
—
80
(0.6)
1,824
(12.6)
1,268
(8.7)
11,525
(79.5)
2,972
(20.5)2005
14,062
10,954
(77.9)
—
—
96
(0.7)
1,797
(12.8)
1,213
(8.6)
11,125
(79.1)
2,931
(20.9)2006
13,729
10,746
(78.3)
—
—
93
(0.7)
1,629
(11.9)
1,261
(9.2)
10,853
(79.1)
2,873
(20.9)2007
13,288
10,434
(78.5)
—
—
69
(0.5)
1,496
(11.3)
1,289
(9.7)
10,595
(79.8)
2,688
(20.2)2008
12,891
10,022
(77.7)
18
(0.1)
60
(0.5)
1,547
(12.0)
1,244
(9.7)
10,237
(79.4)
2,649
(20.6)2009
11,503
8,868
(77.1)
57
(0.5)
73
(0.6)
1,779
(15.5)
726
(6.3)
9,000
(78.3)
2,491
(21.7)2010
11,077
8,392
(75.8)
107
(1.0)
69
(0.6)
1,864
(16.8)
645
(5.8)
8,665
(78.2)
2,411
(21.8)2011
10,483
8,066
(76.9)
121
(1.2)
61
(0.6)
1,673
(16.0)
562
(5.4)
8,316
(79.4)
2,164
(20.6)2012
9,926
7,617
(76.7)
118
(1.2)
38
(0.4)
1,643
(16.6)
510
(5.1)
7,842
(79.1)
2,078
(20.9)2013
9,551
7,359
(77.0)
149
(1.6)
47
(0.5)
1,508
(15.8)
488
(5.1)
7,579
(79.4)
1,971
(20.6)2014
9,390
7,222
(76.9)
161
(1.7)
45
(0.5)
1,496
(15.9)
466
(5.0)
7,461
(79.5)
1,925
(20.5)2015
9,537
7,410
(77.7)
174
(1.8)
44
(0.5)
1,467
(15.4)
442
(4.6)
7,628
(80.0)
1,905
(20.0)2016
9,252
7,178
(77.6)
185
(2.0)
37
(0.4)
1,412
(15.3)
440
(4.8)
7,374
(79.8)
1,870
(20.2)2017
9,082
7,142
(78.6)
193
(2.1)
32
(0.4)
1,324
(14.6)
391
(4.3)
7,193
(79.3)
1,883
(20.7)2018
9,024
7,112
(78.8)
238
(2.6)
35
(0.4)
1,258
(13.9)
381
(4.2)
7,209
(79.9)
1,810
(20.1)2019
8,916
7,087
(79.5)
202
(2.3)
34
(0.4)
1,177
(13.2)
416
(4.7)
7,075
(79.4)
1,833
(20.6)1Based on the public health surveillance case definition for tuberculosis; see Appendix A.2Nucleic Acid Amplification test. Information not collected before 2008.3Includes all cases among persons with pulmonary as the only site of disease, and persons with both pulmonary and extrapulmonary sites of disease.4Includes cases among persons with extrapulmonary TB disease only.5During 1993–2019, 0.04% had missing data, for 2019, 0.09 had missing data.
**Note:** See Technical Notes.
Data for all years updated through June 10, 2020.Table Printing Tips
							
					
							Last Reviewed:  October 26, 2020						Source: 	Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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